这个字在英国剑桥字典里含义有:在一天内发生的(happening over aperiod of day);白天发生或昼行性的(being active orhappening during the day rather than at night)。在古典占星的应用上,大致有两种方式,一个是DiurnalMotion,我们称为日间运动,系指一天内天体顺时针方向的运行。另一种则是将星盘分为日间盘(DiurnalChart)与夜间盘(Nocturnal Chart)。
Look in this at the seven places which I informedyou are the most powerful of them: the four stakes, the triplicity of the Ascendant,and the eleventh place. For if thenative was diurnal and you found thediurnal planets in one of theseplaces, then he will be brought up. And if the native was nocturnal and the nocturnal planetswere in one of these places, then it is likewise indicative in the matter ofupbringing. And if a fortune was in one of these places, it is beneficial.
If the nativity was diurnal and Saturn was in the Ascendant, in his own house or in anyof his places, there is no harm in it be-cause he will be a master of landed estates,building, and he will be in charge of that.